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Predicting poverty. Data mining approaches to the health and demographic surveillance system in Cuatro Santos, Nicaragua by Källestål, C, Blandón Zelaya, E, Peña, R, Peréz, W, Contreras, M, Persson, L Å, Sysoev, O, Ekholm Selling, K

“…In order to further identify the needed interventions for continued poverty reduction in our study area Cuatro Santos, northern Nicaragua, we aimed to…”
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Arsenic Exposure During Pregnancy and Size at Birth: A Prospective Cohort Study in Bangladesh by Rahman, Anisur, Vahter, Marie, Smith, Allan H., Nermell, Barbro, Yunus, Mohammed, El Arifeen, Shams, Persson, Lars-Åke, Ekström, Eva-Charlotte

“…The authors evaluated the association of prenatal arsenic exposure with size at birth (birth weight, birth length, head and chest circumferences). This…”
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Breast-feeding protects against celiac disease in childhood--epidemiological evidence by Persson, L A, Ivarsson, A, Hernell, O

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Effect of a food supplementation and psychosocial stimulation trial for severely malnourished children on the level of maternal depressive symptoms in Bangladesh by Nahar, B., Hossain, I., Hamadani, J. D., Ahmed, T., Grantham-McGregor, S., Persson, L.-A.

“…Background Maternal depression is associated with poor child development and growth in low‐income countries. This paper evaluates the effect of a…”
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Cardiovascular risk indicators cluster in girls from families of low socio-economic status by Bergström, E, Hernell, O, Persson, L A

“…We evaluated tobacco use, physical activity, dietary intake and cardiovascular risk indicators (s-lipids, s-insulin, s-ferritin, anthropometric measurements,…”
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Effects of a community-based approach of food and psychosocial stimulation on growth and development of severely malnourished children in Bangladesh: a randomised trial by Nahar, B, Hossain, M I, Hamadani, J D, Ahmed, T, Huda, S N, Grantham-McGregor, S M, Persson, L A

“…Background/Objective: Psychosocial stimulation (PS) and food supplementation (FS) improve development of malnourished children. This study evaluates the…”
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Violence against women and the risk of fetal and early childhood growth impairment: a cohort study in rural Bangladesh by Åsling-Monemi, K, Naved, R T, Persson, L Å

“…Objective:To assess whether different forms of family violence against women were associated with impaired size at birth and early childhood growth.Methods:A…”
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Children born in the summer have increased risk for coeliac disease by Ivarsson, A, Hernell, O, Nyström, L, Persson, L Å

“…Study objective: Coeliac disease, also called permanent gluten sensitive enteropathy, is being recognised as a widespread health problem. Defining the possible…”
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Tea flavanols inhibit angiotensin-converting enzyme activity and increase nitric oxide production in human endothelial cells by Persson, Ingrid A.-L., Josefsson, Martin, Persson, Karin, Andersson, Rolf G. G.

“…A diversity of pharmacological effects on the cardiovascular system have been reported for Camellia sinensis: antioxidative, antiproliferative and…”
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Early-life nutritional and environmental determinants of thymic size in infants born in rural Bangladesh by Moore, SE, Prentice, AM, Wagatsuma, Y, Fulford, AJC, Collinson, AC, Raqib, R, Vahter, M, Persson, LÅ, Arifeen, SE

“…Aim:  The aim was to assess the impact of nutritional status and environmental exposures on infant thymic development in the rural Matlab region of Bangladesh…”
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New automated immunoassay measuring immunoglobulin A antigliadin antibodies for prediction of celiac disease in childhood by Grodzinsky, E, Ivarsson, A, Juto, P, Olcén, P, Fälth-Magnusson, K, Persson, L A, Hernell, O

“…The prevalence of celiac disease (CD) in Sweden is about 4 cases per 1,000 people. Screening for CD with serological tests indicates similar high prevalences…”
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Effect of Vaccinium myrtillus and Its Polyphenols on Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Activity in Human Endothelial Cells by Persson, Ingrid A.-L, Persson, Karin, Andersson, Rolf G. G

“…This study investigates if the connection between Vaccinium myrtillus and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) might be an explanation of the pharmacological…”
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Association of Arsenic Exposure during Pregnancy with Fetal Loss and Infant Death: A Cohort Study in Bangladesh by Rahman, Anisur, Vahter, Marie, Ekström, Eva-Charlotte, Rahman, Mahfuzar, Golam Mustafa, Abu Haider Mohammad, Wahed, Mohammad Abdul, Yunus, Mohammed, Persson, Lars-Åke

“…The authors evaluated the effect of arsenic exposure on fetal and infant survival in a cohort of 29,134 pregnancies identified by the health and demographic…”
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Epidemic of coeliac disease in Swedish children by Ivarsson, A, Persson, LÅ, Nyström, L, Ascher, H, Cavell, B, Danielsson, L, Dannaeus, A, Lindberg, T, Lindquist, B, Stenhammar, L, Hernell, O

“…Coeliac disease has emerged as a public health problem. The aim of the present study was to analyse trends in the occurrence of symptomatic coeliac disease in…”
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Early Life Environmental Exposure to Cadmium, Lead, and Arsenic and Age at Menarche: A Longitudinal Mother-Child Cohort Study in Bangladesh by Malin Igra, Annachiara, Rahman, Anisur, Johansson, Anna L V, Pervin, Jesmin, Svefors, Pernilla, Arifeen, Shams El, Vahter, Marie, Persson, Lars-Åke, Kippler, Maria

“…Several metals act as endocrine disruptors, but there are few large longitudinal studies about associations with puberty onset. We evaluated whether early life…”
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Early exposure to toxic metals has a limited effect on blood pressure or kidney function in later childhood, rural Bangladesh by HAWKESWORTH, Sophie, WAGATSUMA, Yukiko, KIPPLER, Maria, FULFORD, Anthony Jc, ARIFEEN, Shams E, PERSSON, Lars-Ake, MOORE, Sophie E, VAHTER, Marie

“…Chronic exposure to toxic metals such as arsenic and cadmium has been implicated in the development of kidney and cardiovascular diseases but few studies have…”
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Maternal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons during pregnancy and timing of pubertal onset in a longitudinal mother–child cohort in rural Bangladesh by Malin Igra, Annachiara, Trask, Mercedes, Rahman, Syed Moshfiqur, Dreij, Kristian, Lindh, Christian, Krais, Annette M., Persson, Lars-Åke, Rahman, Anisur, Kippler, Maria

“…In experimental studies, several polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have shown endocrine disrupting properties, but very few epidemiological studies have…”
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High prevalence of undiagnosed coeliac disease in adults: a Swedish population‐based study by IVARSSON, A., Persson, L. Å., Juto, P., Peltonen, M., Suhr, O., Hernell, O.

“… Objective. To determine the prevalence of coeliac disease in a population‐based sample of Swedish adults. Design. Population‐based cross‐sectional study…”
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Household food security is associated with early childhood language development: results from a longitudinal study in rural Bangladesh by Saha, K. K., Tofail, F., Frongillo, E. A., Rasmussen, K. M., Arifeen, S. E., Persson, L. Å., Huda, S. N., Hamadani, J. D.

“…Background  Although household food security (HHFS) has been linked to academic performance in school children, its association with early childhood…”
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Atropine Improves Insulin Sensitivity in Both Lean and Abdominally Obese Subjects by Svensson, M. K, Jansson, P.-A, Persson, A. L, Sjöstrand, M, Eriksson, J. W

“…Background: Dysregulated autonomic nerve activity may contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of an…”
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